The Prime Minister while talking to US high-level delegation has said,
Pakistan is in `no haste` to conduct a nuclear test and added "we
have the capability and we did not test the bomb for the last 15 or 20
years, we are not seeking foreign aid`; urged international community to
understand Pakistan’s security concern.(News/Nation). We will respond to
Indian challenge with full force; we will definitely blast if national
security requires.(N.Waqt).

The Prime Minister while talking to foreign journalists has said, we
will give a befitting reply to the Indian challenge; Pakistan is not weaker
than India; the economic sanctions are not new for us.(Pakistan/Al-Akhbar/ANN).

The Prime Minister has launched a campaign to evolve national consensus
by seeking views of all the political parties and their leaders on the
serious threat arising out of Indian nuclear tests.(News).

Indian Prime Minister said on May 15, 98 that his country was a "nuclear
weapons state" and would not hesitate to use the bomb if attacked.(News/Nation/N.Waqt/Jang).

Abdul Kalam, chief of the Defence Research Development Organisation
said India is trying to develop a new long-range missile which can be used
up to 100 times and can carry a nuclear warhead.(News).

The Prime Minister has given the approval to send delegations of parliament
members to USA and other countries to apprise the international community
about Pakistan’s stance on the Indian nuclear tests.(ASAS/Jang).

The President while talking to a delegation of Editors Council Sargodha
which called on him at Aiwan-e-Sadr said, on May 15, 98 that Pakistan is
ready to face every sort of challenge and there is a national consensus
in this behalf.

US President Bill Clinton on May 15, 98 urged his G8 partners to take
a strong stand against India’s nuclear tests, but Britain said, they will
not announce any imposition of sanctions.(News). Hoped a deal could be
made with Pakistan which would prevent the country from exploding a nuclear
device in reply to India’s nuclear tests.(Nation).

US Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott failed to win assurances
from Pakistan that it will refrain from carrying out a tit-for-tat response
to India’s nuclear tests, the State Department said.(News/AFP/N.Waqt).
US team has asked Pakistan not to rush for response.(Nation).

A White House spokesman says, it has become clear that atomic weapons
have been delivered to Indian forces.(Jang).

The US has offered a 4-point package to Pakistan in order to prevent
Pakistan from carrying out a nulear test.(Pakistan).

President Bill Clinton will not call for collective G-8 sanctions against
India for nuclear testing, the White House said.(News/AFP).

The dangerous situation arising out of the Indian nuclear tests was
discussed in three rounds of talks between Pakistan and the United States
on May 15, 98 and both sides said, they were satisfied with the discussions.
We were re-assured authoritatively that Pakistan has not made a final irrevocable
decision on this (nuclear) question, US officials told a news briefing
in Islamabad after the talks.(News).

Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman while talking to NNI said that we
have not given any assurance to US delegation for not making nuclear test.(N.Waqt).

With the tacit blessing of Clinton Administration, two Senators have
introduced a bill to repeal the anti-Pakistan Pressler Amendment which
terminated American economic and military assistance to Islamabad eight
years ago citing its nuclear programme as the reason.(Nation).

The Prime Minister has formed committees to contact political parties
including PPP for a unified national response to the Indian nuclear tests.(Frontier
Post/NNI).

Pakistan conveyed its concerns to France over the Indian nuclear explosions
during the sixth round of annual bilateral consultations between Pakistan
and France on May 15, 98(News).

The Canadian Prime Minister telephoned the Prime Minister on May 15,
98 and said, India has not acted properly by carrying out nuclear explosions;
assured action against India.(Nation).

British foreign Secretary, Robin cook said on May 15, 98 said we regret
and condemn the nuclear tests by India and urge Pakistan to show restraint
at what we acknowledge is a difficult time for them.(News).

China accused the Indian government on May 15, 98 of detonating two
rounds of nuclear tests in a bid to shore up domestic political.(News).

Syed Kabir Ali Wasti, president of the PML(Q), on May 15, 98 said the
Australian High Commissioner assured him that the world will back Pakistan
against any aggressive threat by India in the aftermath of its nuclear
tests.(News).

Russia is not planning to send a special envoy to Pakistan to dissuade
Islamabad from conducting a nuclear test, but both sides are holding an
intensive dialogue, a foreign ministry official told Interfax on May 15,
98(News).

A Vienna-based official for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Organisation (CTBTO) on May 15, 98 called on India to swiftly sign up to
the ban and voiced his "deep concern" following this week’s tests.(News).

Sri Lanka is not opposed to India acquiring nuclear weapons and does
not back international sanctions against New Delhi, Sri Lankan Foreign
Minister said on May 15, 98.(Nation).

The Prime Minister will visit to a number of friendly countries in the
next week; also considering to OIC Foreign Ministers emergency meeting
to review situation created after Indian nuclear balsts.(Jang).

Munir Akram, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to UN, has told Conference
on Dismount that Pakistan would not bargain on its security.(News/APP).

The Prime Minister will inaugurate the five-week gloden jubilee celebrations
of Radio Pakistan in Islamabad on Tuesday.(News/APP).

Japan indicated on May 15, 98 that it will impose sanctions against
Pakistan if it follows India’s suit and conducts nuclear tests.(News).

Mushahid Hussain Syed in an interview to BBC has said, nuke tests have
exposed BJP’s ideology.(News/APP).

Benazir Bhutto while talking to daily said if we were in power we would
not spared a single moment to carry out nuclear test.(Jang).

Federal Cabinet splits over Pakistan answer to Indian blasts.(Pakistan
Observer).

A US Air Force "sniffer" plane has been sent to the Indian
Ocean to monitor Indian and Pakistani nuclear testing activities, Pentagon
source said.(Nation).

Ch. Ahmad Mukhtar of PPP on May 15, 98 said, the government should carry
out nuclear explosion as its was a unanimous opinion of the whole nation.
We should not sell out our nuclear facilities and before we are forced
to sign the CTBT we must carry out the explosion.(Nation).